| Description |
viii, 225 pages : music ; 28 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Summary |
"An anthology of forty compositions for piano by eighteen composers ... accompanied by biographical information, analyses, interpretive suggestions for each piece, as well as listings of recommended repertoire, editions, recordings, and source material for each composer"--Publisher's information. |
| Note |
CD contains performances by the author. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220), discography (pages 207-214), and index. |
| Contents |
Georg Anton (Jíří Antonín) Benda (1722-1795) : the Prussian connection -- Sonata no. 1 in B-flat major. Larghetto ; Sonatina no. 3. Allegro / Benda -- Leopold Koželuh (1747-1818) : the Viennese connection -- Sonata in E-flat major, op. 26, no. 3. Allegro / Koželuh -- Jan Ladislav Dusík (1760-1812) : the London connection -- Douze études melodiques : op. 16, no. 11. Chansonette ; Sonata in F minor, op. 77 : L'invocation. Tempo di minuetto con moto ; Adagio non troppo ma solenne / Dusík -- Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) : the musical patriarch of Prague -- Six eclogues. No. 1 in A minor : Allegro moderato / Tomášek -- Jan Václav (Hugo) Voříšek (1791-1825) : the Bohemian Schubert -- Le désir : op. 3 ; Six impromptus, op. 7, no. 4, A major : Allegretto / Voříšek -- Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) : an icon of nationalism -- Sketches : op. 5, no. 3, D-flat major : Přívětivá krajina = Friendly landscape ; Three poetic polkas : op. 8, no. 1, E-flat major ; Souvenirs of Bohemia in the form of polkas : op. 12, no. 1, A minor ; Czech dances : vol. 2, no. 8 : Obkročák = Stepping dance / Smetana -- Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) : Humoresques and beyond -- 12 silhouettes : op. 8, no. 11 : Allegro moderato ; 13 poetical tone pictures : op. 85, no. 3 : Na starém hradé = At the old castle ; 8 humoresques, op. 101, no. 3, A-flat major : Poco andante e molto cantabile ; 8 humoresques, op. 101, no. 5, A minor : Vivace / Dvořák -- Zdeněk Fibich (1850-1900) : an intimate life's journey -- Nádaly, dojmy a upominky = Moods, impressions, and reminiscences. Op. 41, no. 92, a minor ; Op. 47, no. 17, F major ; Op. 47, no. 28, E-flat major ; Op. 47, no. 59, G minor : Furiant ; Op. 57, no. 6, E minor : Birthday tribute to Anežka / Fibich -- Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) : the Moravian connection -- Po zarostlém chodníčku = On the overgrown path. Series I, no. 1 : Our evenings ; Series I, no. 10 : The barn owl has not flown away ; Vzpomínka = A reminiscence / Janáček -- Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) : a lifetime of lyricism -- Osenická suita = Osenčna suite : op. 129, no. 2 : Tranquillo e moderato, ma non troppo lento / Foerster -- Ví́tězslav Novák (1870-1949) : the Slovakian connection -- Vzpomínky = 3 reminiscences : op. 6. No. 1 : Triste ; No. 2. Inquieto -- Josef Suk (1874-1935) : the Dvořák legacy transformed -- [Šes] klavírní skladby = Six piano pieces : op. 7. No. 4 : Idyll II ; No. 5 : Dumka ; Episody : čtyři klavírní skladby = Episodes : four piano pieces. No. 3 : Lístek do památníku = Album leaf / Suk -- Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) : from tower dweller to cosmopolite -- Motýli a rajky = Butterflies and birds of paradise : no. 2 ; Etudy a polky = Etudes and polkas. Pastorale ; Polka in E ; Etude in A / Martinů -- Alois Hába (1893-1973) : master of microtones -- 6 klavírních skladeb = Six piano pieces. Op. 6, no. 5, Lento, dolce con molta espressione / Hába -- Ervín Schulhoff (1894-1942) : the Berlin connection -- Cing études de jazz = Five jazz etudes. No. 3 : Chanson / Schulhoff --Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) : the hero of Terezín -- Sonata no. 2, op. 19. Variace na moravskou lidovou píseň = Variations on a Moravian folk song / Ullmann -- Klement Slavický (1910-1999) : the Janá́ček legacy transformed -- Tři skladby pro klavír = Three compositions for piano. No. 2 : Intermezzo / Slavický -- Petr Eben (b. 1929) : folklore, antiquity, spirituality -- Sonata in D-flat. Andante cantabile / Eben -- -- |
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Contents of CD: Sonata no. 1 in B-flat major. Larghetto / Benda -- Sonata in E-flat major, op. 26, no. 3. Allegro / Koželuh -- Sonata in F minor, op. 77 : L'invocation. Tempo di minuetto con moto / Dusík -- Six eclogues. No. 1 in A minor : Allegro moderato / Tomášek -- Six impromptus, op. 7, no. 4, A major : Allegretto / Voříšek -- Sketches : op. 5, no. 3, D-flat major : Přívětivá krajina = Friendly landscape ; Three poetic polkas : op. 8, no. 1, E-flat major ; Souvenirs of Bohemia in the form of polkas : op. 12, no. 1, A minor / Smetana -- 12 silhouettes : op. 8, no. 11 : Allegro moderato ; 13 poetical tone pictures : op. 85, no. 3 : Na starém hradé = At the old castle ; 8 humoresques, op. 101, no. 3, A-flat major : Poco andante e molto cantabile / Dvořák -- Nádaly, dojmy a upominky = Moods, impressions, and reminiscences. Op. 47, no. 17, F major ; Op. 47, no. 28, E-flat major / Fibich -- Po zarostlém chodníčku = On the overgrown path. Series I, no. 1 : Our evenings ; Series I, no. 10 : The barn owl has not flown away / Janáček -- Osenická suita = Osenčna suite : op. 129, no. 2 : Tranquillo e moderato, ma non troppo lento / Foerster. |
| Subject |
Piano music -- Czech Republic -- History and criticism.
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Piano music. |
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Czech Republic. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music.
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| Subject |
Piano music -- Czech Republic.
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Piano music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
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Piano music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) |
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Yeomans, David, 1938- author, performer.
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| ISBN |
0253218454 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780253218452 paperback alkaline paper |
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